Greg Essner
CFO Consultant
Greg is a financial executive with over 35 years of broad experience in law firms, hedge funds, investments, accounting, finance, M&A, audit, internal controls, and human resources.
Greg began his career in the audit division of KPMG. After being promoted to Senior and then Manager in 1992, Greg moved to Trian Companies, Inc., a public consumer products company, for an SEC financial reporting role and, through 2000, added responsibilities in the areas of accounting, employee benefits, M&A due diligence, treasury, risk management, audit, and internal controls.
In 2000, Greg became Controller of FrontLine Capital Group, a public company that operated the largest provider of flexible officing solutions in the world and developed a network of e-commerce and e-service partner companies. In 2001, Greg returned to Trian to be responsible for treasury and internal financial planning and assist with accounting, internal controls and investor relations. Greg then became the Chief Financial Officer of Trian Fund Management, L.P., an investment management firm started by Trian’s principals, at Trian’s November 2005 launch.
Through his retirement from Trian in May 2019, Greg oversaw Trian’s finance, accounting, tax, information technology and human resources functions. During that period of time, Trian grew to a high point of $14 billion of assets under management after launching at $0.4 billion.
Since his retirement from Trian, Greg has been a fractional Chief Financial Officer for a portfolio of clients, principally law firms.
Greg received a B.B.A. in Accounting from Adelphi University and lives in Montvale, New Jersey. He is married with two adult children.
For more information, please contact Mr. Essner via email at Greg@theceosrighthand.co.
